Please don't think in those terms. SCO killing Linux is not going to help you or BSD or anyone except maybe SCO and Microsoft.
That said, it cannot be deemed illegal to use the Linux kernel. That is legally impossible. Plus, if there is proprietary code found (there won't), I guarantee Torvalds and Cox and every kernel developer will make it their highest priority to replace it, and it will be most likely done very quickly.
Please don't think in those terms. SCO killing Linux is not going to help you or BSD or anyone except maybe SCO and Microsoft.
That said, it cannot be deemed illegal to use the Linux kernel. That is legally impossible. Plus, if there is proprietary code found (there won't), I guarantee Torvalds and Cox and every kernel developer will make it their highest priority to replace it, and it will be most likely done very quickly.